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Good Businessmen or Profiting From Crime????

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Anonymous

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Worker lawsuit claims Swift depressed wages with undocumented workers

by Pete Hisey on 12/19/2006 for Meatingplace.com


A group of former employees of Swift & Co.'s Cactus, Texas plant, which was raided by the Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement service last week, have sued the company for $23 million. The 18 workers, all American citizens, said Swift conspired to suppress wages paid at the plant by hiring undocumented workers.

The plaintiffs claim that when the plant opened wages averaged about $20 an hour, compared to the $12 to $13 per hour paid today, and they blame Swift and its main investor, HM Capital Partners, who they claim conspired to attract low-cost workers to the plant and thereby depress wages. The group's attorney told Associated Press that Swift knowingly pursued these workers and has damaged the earnings potential of local citizens.

Swift management did not respond to calls for comment.
 

Mike

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I can hear Janet Riley now:

"It's time for these "meatpacker laborers" to stop focusing on their growing bank accounts and start focusing on the mothers and children that are struggling to afford beef."

:lol:
 
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Anonymous

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“It’s going to be a deterrent to illegal workers. It’s going to cause them to say that, you know, this happened in Swift, it could easily happen somewhere else. In fact, I’m pretty much going to guarantee we’re going to keep bringing these cases.”

(Source: New York Times, December 14, 2006)
Michael Chertoff, Homeland Security Secretary, talking about the raids and pledging to continue the pursuit of illegal workers in American industry.

Many may forget-- but Micheal Chertoff was the lead Prosecutor that actually prosecuted the New York Commission (Mafia)...Guliani was the US Attorney, and got all the acclaim-- but Chertoff did the actual courtroom prosections and using the RICO statute got them all 100 year sentences...

Maybe he smells another "mafia" that needs to be taken on.... :wink: :)
 
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